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...nice view of green grass. Nibble on a fresh mozzarella sandwich and ponder Harvard’s strange fascination with concrete. It’s true that pretty much anything goes with gray, but in the spring a little more color would be nice. Inside, Calla Lilly is rather drab, with little in the way of decoration. The sole poster is one of a very young Michael Jordan wearing a blue button-down with a silver tie: “No Brain, No Gain. Stay in School.” If not for the decor or the MJ-derived inspiration...
...altered the movie's plot but that it can't create any fizz of its own. (That's what happens when you decide to promote Susie and Dallas from foils into virtual coequals in stage time with J.J. and Sidney.) The show is not so much dark as drab; it lumbers instead of sprinting; and Hamlisch, after three pretty fine Broadway scores, seems to have run out of tunes. But it could be I'm too possessive of the movie, too reluctant to give credit to those who have tampered with it - sorry, elaborated on it. Get back...
...handsomely faithful version, with actors smartly cast to type. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and his pals Ron (Rupert Grint) and Hermione (Emma Watson) look word-picture perfect. Members of the Hogwarts staff--Dumbledore (Richard Harris), McGonagall (Maggie Smith), Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane) and Snape (who else? Alan Rickman, in Hamlet's drab garb)--have the requisite majesty or malevolence. The special effects are spiffy too. The Golden Snitch has a mischievous mind of its own, and that three-headed boar could guard bin Laden's cave...
STASH is also an interactive exhibit: viewers are free to wander around the room and gaze at the objects, some of which are mounted on the drab gray walls, some divided from others and some even dangling in midair, in an otherwise dingy and barren room. According to Ceruzzi, “I wanted to be able to take the objects out of the bags if necessary, to see them better, but still preserve the concept of all of the objects fitting within a certain space.” Bare lightbulbs on the ceiling illuminate the sections of the display...
...scent of fragrant North African oils sweetens an otherwise drab, poorly lit room of wood-paneled walls and carpeted floors. As arrivals at Italy?s Islamic Cultural Institute perform traditional pre-prayer handwashings, three young men lounge on a nearby stretch of carpet, leaning in toward each other to speak in hushed voices...